Another Great Day at the Beach!

The weather couldn’t have been better this week so far! It has been clear skies and sunny and Florida hot (not too sticky, humid hot). Today, was the first day with a few clouds. All the forecasted thunderstorms have been late at night. The last few days have actually had very little wind, too. This morning Seth and Dad took the kayak down the beach a bit for fishing. Mom and I took the kids down to the tourist shops so they can pick out a souvenir. Myles picked out a manatee stuffed animal and Elliott chose a manatee purse. Then it was back to the pool for some swimming fun! It’s amazing the kids are eager to go out each time. Elliott is so over putting on sunscreen, her face is getting dried out from chlorine and sun, so it itches when the sunscreen is put on her face. It is nice that both kids have swim shirts with their bathing suits so it’s less areas to apply sunscreen. And it also helps that they have four or five suits to change into for each time they came up they could take off their wet suits and put on dry ones.

Elliott made the comment that this vacation is ‘awesome’ and she gave Grandma two thumbs up! The afternoon for the kids was spent in the pool. This year is by far the most time both kids have spent outside. They come in long enough for a snack or lunch (or we bring a snack down to the pool). And I know it’s the most time I’ve spent swimming with the kids, too. Seth naturally swims with them quite a bit. This afternoon we were all a bit swimmed out, so we decided to get off the island and do some shopping.

We visited the Gulf Coast Center mall with quite a few shops. Elliott was so excited to find the underwater skateboard for Myles, Grandma said she’d get one for him! And Grandma got Elliott a new scuba diver Barbie, which in honesty, I think Myles thought it was just as cool as Elliott did. And for dinner we picked up a pizza and ate in the condo. Most people on vacation enjoy eating out fancy dinners and such, we are more into convenience! Pizza Hut did us just fine last night with pizza, breadsticks and even some cinnamon sticks for Myles. The kids were able to head to the pool for one last time for the evening to play with their new toys. Elliott asked and said ‘please say yes,’ so how could you say no to that.

Then it was back to the condo for movie and bedtime - at least one of the kids Seth, Myles or Elliott falls asleep for the movie.